charlady
noun
a charwoman.
charladies
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pluralof charlady.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Although she rarely described actual murder, the dead bodies in her novels always made an indelible impression on the charladies, small boys and other innocent bystanders who chanced upon them.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2014
His sympathetic, soft-pencil sketches of bitter-bibbing charladies and cockney pub-dwellers were for several decades familiar to Punch and Tatler readers.
From Time Magazine Archive
In colleges throughout the land last week janitors and charladies began once more to shuffle about their leisurely jobs.
From Time Magazine Archive
A whole army of fat, lean and guttural-speaking charladies, behind carefully drawn blinds, worked all night long on the office floors, desks, counters and windows.
From The Spoilers of the Valley by Watson, Robert
